Washing-machine



(No Model.)

W. WHITGOMB.

WASHING MACHINE. No. 415,828. Patented Nov. 26, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM IVHITCOMB, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,828, dated November 26, 1889.

Serial No. 321,097. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM WHITooMB, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Gardner, in the county of \Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vashing-ltlachines, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention pertains to certain new and useful improvements in washing-machines; and it consists in the novel construction,combination, and arrangement of the parts, as will fully appear in the following description and accompanying illustration, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of my inven tion. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, the rubber broken and the handle being removed. Fig. 3 is a side elevatiomthe tub beingbroken away to show the interior mechanism. Fig. 4 is an inverted view of the top disk.

In the embodiment of my invention I employ a suitable tub as a receptacle for the rubbing and agitating mechanism A, which consists of the disk 13, having on its under side the slats a a, rigidly secured thereto and notched at b, to align with disk B. Disk B is provided with a small central aperture (1, surrounded a short distance therefrom with uprights or pins 6, which are rigidly secured in the upper face of said disk. Through apertures in these pins wire strand f is projected, the ends of the strand being tightly twisted, as shown, which serves to brace the parts together, and in this manner is formed a guide 9 for disk D, the rubber having a corresponding circular aperture D through which guide g vertically projects. D is also provided 011 its periphery with recesses h, which form projections 2', and secured to the upper face of said disk in any ordinary man ner is a series of stationary radiating rubbers j, which taper toward the center of the disk, whereon are placed the articles to be washed. Agitator and rubber D consists of disk D, apertured in the center for reception of guide g, around which in practice it is semirotated, disk D being provided on its under side with radiating rib-rubbers D ,tapering toward the center. On the upper face of disk I) is disposed the two brackets e rigidly secured thereto, the brackets being provided at top with socket-s Z, which are caused to enclasp the handle. Disk D is constructed of wood, two pieces being rigidly fitted together, the grain of the wood of the two pieces being aligned at right angles. The handle is weighted at its end opposite to the hand of the operator, which serves not only to prevent the hand of the operator from inclining the agitatorout of a horizontal plane, but also serves to increase the pressure upon the clothes during the rubbing operation.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of the rubber having tapering and radiating ribs, a central aperture, and brackets for sustaining the weighted handle, and the slat-supported disk having a central aperture, uprights or pins secured by strand f, and rib-rubbers tapering toward the center, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the slat-supported disk having rib-rubbers tapering toward the center, recesses and projections, and a central orifice, the uprights or pins secured by strand f, and the rubber having recesses and projections, rib-shaped radiating rubbers, a central aperture, and brackets for sustaining a weighted handle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WHITC OMB.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES H. Rosa, OHAs. F. A. EDDY. 

